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n. tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America

n. tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

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Examples

Reed beds with rush, bullrush and clumps of mauve sea aster encroach on the narrow channel.

I remember when the only good fighter was the machine gun tripper. now he can use bullrush, disarm, even grapple effectively and is usually pretty damned good at defending against those same type of attacks.